Has anyone else expererienced this and know a way to fix it? I'm using MX Player with the H/W+ decoder (hardware). My phone runs perfectly at 1.5ghz, but the video stutters noticeably, so I have it at 1.4ghz which makes it more tolerable. I would think that overclocking would be better for video playback, and I know that I could resort to using the S/W decoder (software), but I'm just wondering.
Also, to those who have overclocked their phone, what are your favorite governor/scheduler combinations?
rickyx32 said:
Has anyone else expererienced this and know a way to fix it? I'm using MX Player with the H/W+ decoder (hardware). My phone runs perfectly at 1.5ghz, but the video stutters noticeably, so I have it at 1.4ghz which makes it more tolerable. I would think that overclocking would be better for video playback, and I know that I could resort to using the S/W decoder (software), but I'm just wondering.
Also, to those who have overclocked their phone, what are your favorite governor/scheduler combinations?
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That's the rom prblm which rom....and try mobo player
1.2 ghz smartassv2 sio
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I'm using x3reme Sense for CDMA, and I'll give mobi player a try I was using the Lionheart governor and the sio schduler @ 1.5ghz and it's really great, but the battery drains a bit faster. I'll try smartassv2/sio @ 1.4ghz next. Is there another reason you use 1.2ghz, or is it just for battery preservation?
On demand governor is good only uses CPU when u need it
i use BS player and it worx gr8 on 1.4 ghz
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I downloaded a few youtube videos as .flv files and uploaded them onto my MDA compact 3 storage card ( sandisk 2GB ). I installed a program called TCPMP which plays them ( .flv, .avi, etc ). Picture quality and sound is great. However, the picture often freezes for a second or two or more, on and off during the course of the video. The sound continues with no problem. Anyone else have this problem?
This is normal for the Artemis when playing heavy videos, because of its slow processor.
Try this operations:
- close all active processes
- free up RAM memory, for example using Oxios Hibernate
- overclock your pda to 286 mhz, for example using Battery status.
you can also use vicky
http://vixy.net/
copy and past the link from utube and convert
cood luck
bertboeve said:
http://vixy.net/
copy and past the link from utube and convert
cood luck
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Thanks mate. Does converting to avi or 3GP make it run smoother than as .flv?
luigug said:
This is normal for the Artemis when playing heavy videos, because of its slow processor.
Try this operations:
- close all active processes
- free up RAM memory, for example using Oxios Hibernate
- overclock your pda to 286 mhz, for example using Battery status.
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Yep, I agree it runs smoother when I've closed running apps. I'll give this Oxios a try as well.
How do I overclock? Not sure I follow you about using battery status, and is there some risk in overclocking? Wouldn't want to overheat my cpu.
The first time you must inizialize the application BatteryStatus, setup CPU to 286 mhz in the "Omap" window.
After you must overclock temporary only when playing videos or great applications, clicking on frequency of CPU in today screen.
luigug said:
The first time you must inizialize the application BatteryStatus, setup CPU to 286 mhz in the "Omap" window.
After you must overclock temporary only when playing videos or great applications, clicking on frequency of CPU in today screen.
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Does OMAP work stable in 286Mhz?
i have some avi files i wish to play .. ive tried converting to mp4 and its all scrambled .... any ideas of what program i should use and what settings ??
thanks
chris
You could try rockplayer (http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2010/06/rockplayer_media_player_beta_for_android.html ) but i have not tested it myself since my phone is at htc service centre
edit: if you want to convert them, I use badaboom (uses my nvidia gpu so goes fast, although it s not able to convert to the maximum resolution of the phone) or handbrake (which uses cpu)
Hi, not tried myself yet, but just been googling the same question, some report success with:
http://www.any-video-converter.com/products/for_video_free/
others:
http://www.videora.com/en-us/Converter/iPod/ "Videora" for the iphone 3GS (free) on standard settings.
seems to play H263 or H264, and audio in AAC - no codecs yet for divx etc.
Hopefully some others will post here with good software solutions - good ones being free
The RockPlayer works great for avi/divx files on desire, thanks
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Rockplayer is indeed a great AVI player but I have found a few files it plays slow or stutters on, as it's only beta at the moment I'm looking forward to the full release - in the meantime it's a great app to have.
+1, I've also been using rock player for the last couple of weeks and have had no problems with any dvd quality files. I still use mvideoplayer for x264 stuff though as its better for that and the GUI on rock player is poor - visibility is an issue quite often as it's status bar overlay is transparent with a bit of white meaning you often can't see the timecode on bright images.
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Flaggie said:
You could try rockplayer (http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2010/06/rockplayer_media_player_beta_for_android.html ) but i have not tested it myself since my phone is at htc service centre
edit: if you want to convert them, I use badaboom (uses my nvidia gpu so goes fast, although it s not able to convert to the maximum resolution of the phone) or handbrake (which uses cpu)
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hm? gpu converter? I havent seen or tried one yet.
EncodeHD is pretty simple but uses cpu power. http://dcunningham.net/media-tools/encodehd/
I pretty much recommend it if you want 1:1 and dont like messing around with resolutions and compressions.
Badaboom says my system is not compatible. But I got an 8800GT and windows 7. That should be compatible!!!
I did try badaboom now and I'm disapointed actually. It slower then EncodeHD when run from a quad 9300 3GHZ. There doesnt seem to be a way to keep the original resolution either. I mean whats the point to encode to 640x480 or even 800x400 when the original files are only 624x352.
i'm running it on windows 7 x64 with 8600m gt and works like a charm. (for those of you with ati cards there is ati avivo but i have no experience with how it works) @balos no wonder that a cpu based encoder is faster with a 3ghz quad core (i'm only on a dualcore 1.8 ghz). And badaboom not seeing your system as compatible do you have latest drivers installed?
I got it working but it only converts with a disappointing 170fps. When I pick a bigger resolution it even drops to 140fps.
With xmedia encode I can reach 200fps on HTC Desire profile and original resolution of the chosen .avi. On Ipod profile which i used with badaboom where I got 170fps. I can go up to 220fps with other cpu based encoders.
I would recommend Badaboom and similar gpu based converters only when you have a weak cpu or when you need your cpu resources freed for other things.
I'm gonna stick with EncodeHD and Xmedia. Both are free converters and since my cpu is stronger then my gpu and I dont use my computer when I do the converting its the better choice.
Well its true that we got an .avi player now with rock player which even plays them smooth. But .avi format uses about 20% more cpu power then mp4 so it should drain the battery so much faster. If thee is an power source close to where you watch your movies it doesn't really matter.
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i have some avi files i wish to play .. ive tried converting to mp4 and its all scrambled .... any ideas of what program i should use and what settings ??
thanks
chris
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I use Danuisoft Convereter to Convert , but you can use any converter. You just need to make sure that it is set to
Resolutions : 800 x480
Container: MP4
Video Codec H264
Frame rate 29.4
I set my audio codec to AAc or MP3, but thats up to you.
You can choose h264 is the only codec that show thumbnails currently.
If you jhave any questions let me know.
i hope you only converting HDs with that setting because on the usual .avi it would be a waste.
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i hope you only converting HDs with that setting because on the usual .avi it would be a waste.
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I have made multiple tests and these settings are best for HD and SD content .avi included.
What exactly do you mean? Usually tv shows are in 624x352 24fps. 1000kbps
How could you gain anything from using a higher resolution, more fps and bigger bitrate. Makes no sense. The only thing you will get is streach your avarage 350MB file to 500Mb without improved quality.
Balos said:
What exactly do you mean? Usually tv shows are in 624x352 24fps. 1000kbps
How could you gain anything from using a higher resolution, more fps and bigger bitrate. Makes no sense. The only thing you will get is streach your avarage 350MB file to 500Mb without improved quality.
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Maybe things are different from you, but this works for me. If you have another reccomendation feel free to post your two cents.
no im just wondering how you get out of 24fps 30 and what a bigger resolution brings other then higher cpu usage and slower conversation time. Was always wonering why the cam or TS movie rippers dont just boost the resolution and make HD out of cam rips.
the short answer. It bring nothing. At last nothing good but if it works for you, go with it.
THE real setting for .avi if you want to keep best quality should always be.
h264
keep original fps count
keep original resolution
keep original bitrate.
you may add little sharpness filter.
Best and simpliest converter for this is EncodeHD
just a quick question new to xplay can it play 1080p videos that are stored on sd card thanks
Yes, it can with some other player, for example MX Video Player, but its a bit laggy, you need overclock big overclock. I was tested it on 1,6 GHz because 2,0 GHz for me didn't work. Maybe with new DoomLord v11 with graphic overclock it will be smoother, you can only try
I played on my xperia play 1080p videos.
Of course, i forgot, it depents on bitrate
I have a problem with almost any video on hox including youtube. So far I tried x264 and divx. It also happens in youtube app... It feels like the cpu isn't catching up... Like its always on low clock speed. Any idea how to fix it?
4.0.4 with sense (unrooted)
Btw, what are the advantages and disadvantages of putting vanilla android on hox instead of the factory sense version? I'm pretty new in android world so i'm still catching things up...
Thanks!
maybe the cores really are not picking up... install CPU Stats or Micro CPU Monitor from Play Store so you can check your CPU while playing movies.
If there are problems with the cores, you should check your warrenty
Btw. Maybe another process is using the cores, so movies are stuttering.
Already had micro cpu. Thete is only one core active while playing video or watching youtube. And if it gets to 100% the second core won't activate. However, while playing games or using chrome, multiple cores are normally activated.
CroGriz said:
I have a problem with almost any video on hox including youtube. So far I tried x264 and divx. It also happens in youtube app... It feels like the cpu isn't catching up... Like its always on low clock speed. Any idea how to fix it?
4.0.4 with sense (unrooted)
Btw, what are the advantages and disadvantages of putting vanilla android on hox instead of the factory sense version? I'm pretty new in android world so i'm still catching things up...
Thanks!
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Remove any flv files if you have them from your phone...
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neversayoceans said:
Remove any flv files if you have them from your phone...
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I don't have any.
MX Player plays MKV files in SW mode. Even after installing NEON codec, only HW+ works. It's normal for Nexus 7 with S4 Pro?
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MX Player plays MKV files in SW mode. Even after installing NEON codec, only HW+ works. It's normal for Nexus 7 with S4 Pro?
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if mkv and normal,mp4 is work for both, and this s4 pro + gpu 305 only support mpeg2 480i hw decode....
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if mkv and normal,mp4 is work for both, and this s4 pro + gpu 305 only support mpeg2 480i hw decode....
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Only understood your last part, but that is clearly wrong. It is branded an S4 Pro SoC, but it is an underclock S600 with 1.5GHz Krait300 CPU cores and an Adreno 320 GPU.
To the OP: .mkv files can be anything really, it is just a container. There are limitations to the HW playback of these devices, often times they don't accept anything h.264 above level 4.1. Maybe your encodes are just done for more advanced devices. But if hw+ works, why are you worried?
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Only understood your last part, but that is clearly wrong. It is branded an S4 Pro SoC, but it is an underclock S600 with 1.5GHz Krait300 CPU cores and an Adreno 320 GPU.
To the OP: .mkv files can be anything really, it is just a container. There are limitations to the HW playback of these devices, often times they don't accept anything h.264 above level 4.1. Maybe your encodes are just done for more advanced devices. But if hw+ works, why are you worried?
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I did my own research and yeah, no problems with HW+ for me. Strange thing, btw. If I watch 1080p in SW mode, after 20-30 minutes Nexus 7 is starting to warm up (maybe that way S4 Pro SoC is used way more?). Nothing alike with HW+.
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If I watch 1080p in SW mode, after 20-30 minutes Nexus 7 is starting to warm up (maybe that way S4 Pro SoC is used way more?). Nothing alike with HW+.
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Not surprising at all. Since videos are compressed using specific rules, these rules can be implemented very efficiently in dedicated hardware. Nearly all SoCs in the last few years have some sort of video decoding abilities backed into silicon, which means they can use those very efficient hardware functions to decode your videos. But if your video is encoded in a format just a bit differently (for example h.264 lvl5 instead of lvl 4.1), that hardware cannot deal with it and you have to switch to software, which means the CPU cores get fired up and a software is running on them to decode the video. Using the CPU to decode is the most inefficient way to do it, GPU is slightly more efficient and dedicated hardware is the most efficient way. The flexibility of these methods is the other way around.
Did you modify the Viddec in the media properties xml? There is a guide somewhere. It enabled more HW decoding for me & I do not have any temperature or throttling issues.
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Did you modify the Viddec in the media properties xml? There is a guide somewhere. It enabled more HW decoding for me & I do not have any temperature or throttling issues.
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No, I didn't. What guide? Where?
my question might not fit 100% to op's. using mx player too. just a quick question. is there a good/proper way to get dts support?
thx in advance
L-ViZ said:
my question might not fit 100% to op's. using mx player too. just a quick question. is there a good/proper way to get dts support?
thx in advance
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Just add this plugin to MX Player.
MX Player Custom Codec with DTS Support
stock 4.4.2 is remove mpeg2 480i decode..
cm10.2 is can hw decode mpeg2 1080i,but h264 is lag..